Valletta 2-1 Gzira United — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Malta - FA Cup, 23 May 2026

📅23/05/2026 · 🕒17:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-0 2nd Score 2-1
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Authentic Intelligence™ · Probability per market
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home Pick
51%
1.89
Draw
25%
3.11
Away
24%
4.04
Under/Over 2.5
Under
50%
1.59
Over
50%
2.16
Both Teams to Score
Yes
51%
2.05
No
49%
1.69
Total Goals
0-1
30%
2-3
41%
4-5
22%
6+
7%
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
27%
1/2
7%
1/X
6%
X/1
16%
X/2
14%
X/X
11%
2/1
8%
2/2
3%
2/X
8%
STRENGTH — green bars inside a box show the pattern support behind that selection, from Good · Strong · Very strong to Great — the deeper the historical record, the fuller the bar; informational, not a sized bet.
Our Pick = the most likely outcome, not a value bet.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik model signals — not real match figures
HOME Valletta The Market 53%
Head to Head
AWAY Gzira United The Market 25%
Great Season vs Marketall history · vs bookmaker expectation Average
Great Recent Form vs Marketlatest matches · vs bookmaker expectation Average
Expected Goals Scoredper match · higher is better
Expected Goals Concededper match · lower is better
Great Attackvs comparable teams
Average Defensevs comparable teams
52% Ball Possession 48%
14 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 5
326 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 294 · 77%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Valletta
3W-3D-0L
AWAY Gzira United
1.33 Avg Goals (FT) 0.67
52% Ball Possession 48%
8 Total Shots 6
4 Shots on Target 2
6 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 2
12.04.2026 Valletta Valletta 2-1 HT 0-0 Gzira United Gzira United MALTP
13.02.2026 Gzira United Gzira United 0-2 HT 0-1 Valletta Valletta MALTP
28.10.2025 Valletta Valletta 1-1 HT 0-0 Gzira United Gzira United MLTP
05.02.2025 Gzira United Gzira United 0-1 HT 0-0 Valletta Valletta MLTAK
10.03.2024 Valletta Valletta 1-1 HT 1-1 Gzira United Gzira United MLTP
04.11.2023 Gzira United Gzira United 1-1 HT 1-0 Valletta Valletta MLTP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Valletta
2-1
AWAY Gzira United
50% Ball Possession 50%
6 Total Shots 5
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 4
REVIEW Valletta vs Gzira United
IDDAAKOLIK POST-MATCH REVIEW

Valletta came out on the right side of a one-goal game with Gzira United 2-1. From 0-1 down at the break, the game flipped completely after half-time.

As we said in the preview, our model had Valletta as the likeliest winner at 51%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead.

The goals picture was genuinely open: 50% for over 2.5, 51% on both teams scoring. If anything the market was more convinced: the under-2.5 price stood at 1.59, roughly 63%.

By the numbers, Valletta had 50% of the ball to Gzira United's 50%, shots finished 6-5.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Valletta had the better of it with 3 wins, 3 drawn. Those games averaged 1.33 goals for Valletta and 0.67 for Gzira United.

Valletta vs Gzira United Result & Final Score

Valletta 2-1 Gzira United in the Malta - FA Cup on 23/05/2026. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

Valletta vs Gzira United Prediction vs Result

Before kick-off our model rated a Valletta win the most likely single outcome at about 51%, with the full match-result split Valletta 51%, draw 25%, Gzira United 24%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Valletta), BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (Valletta) ✓ BTTS Yes
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